I saw you of late, as you worked at the pump;
In you all is charming, all is true, nothing false;
'Tis then you display in your movements such grace that
One would gladly be damned, if he might pump with you.
[E]
You have a saucy countenance,
A graceful figure;
A killing eye, a tiny foot,
And piquant bearing;
Your petticoat, too, I admire,
And all that one divines
Beneath,
And all that one divines!
[F]
My candle's gone out,
No fire have I;
Pray open your door,
For the love of the Lord!
[G] Colinet is misled by the twofold meaning of the French word
_broche_.--_Mettre une broche_--to put on a brooch. _Mettre à la
broche_--to put on the spit; _i.e.,_ to roast.
[H] This play upon words cannot be reproduced in English. L. says: _Je
l'entends très-bien!_ But _entendre_ means to _hear_, as well as to
_understand;_ so the other retorts: _Tu l'entends, mais tu ne le
comprends pas;_ you hear, but you don't understand.
[I] All styles are good, except the tiresome style.
End of Project Gutenberg's Frédérique; vol. 2, by Charles Paul de Kock
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